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Alex Zelasi
AZelasi
Being told not to say "I can't" feels uncomfortably close to being told not to say "No". Saying both is asserting my own boundaries / limitations, and is important for
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ajala pil/G im
AjalaPilgrim
A thread of quotes and sentences that stood out to me from books Ive read.Feel free to DM me for details of the books etc. 1) It taught me
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collbradán
collbradan
thread: in 1654 the Irish Civil Survey described the woods of Dungannon as 'very much destroyed & Wasted... There are yet some usefull Woods for Countrie buildings, as the Braintree,
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Jack Stilgoe
Jackstilgoe
Some new data on public attitudes to self-driving cars here from @transportgovuk. Let's dig into what it does and doesn't tell us https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/84765
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Tom Kindlon
TomKindlon
[Thread]Doctors with #longCOVIDI think many with #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis /#ChronicFatigueSyndrome may find the changed attitudes of interest. https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/doctors-with-long-covid#longhaulers #longCOVID #PostCovi
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Sean W. Anthony
shahanSean
The Abbasid-era belletrist+theologian al-Jāḥiẓ (d. 869) did not tolerate prudishness. In his *Mufāḫarat al-Jawārī wa’l-Ġilmān*, he pokes fun at a man who displays piety by rearing in horror at the
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Bec Colvin
bec_colvin
Brief reflection on the hidden community underpinning our teaching. This semester I taught 1/2 a research methods course, delivering the quant component. But actually it was a big collective effort.
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Clue
clue
How did menstruation become taboo? A thread There are over 5,000 euphemisms for the word 'period' dating back to old religious texts such as the Bible and the Quran. “…in
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Minorities in STEM
MinoritySTEM
I’ve received a lot of questions about how I coped with my #mentalhealth in academia. Here’s a thread of things that helped me:#PhD #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2020 #STEM#WomenInSTEM 1. CBT - Cognitive
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🔔🌺_Rohayayayayayuyaya
offclASTRONAUT
SPILLThis a win lose statement. I ALREADY PLANNED TO SPEAK UP 3 OR 4 DAYS AGO EVEN IF EE WIN OR LOSE. DONT COME AT ME SAYING IM BRAGGING. Starplay
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🌈 Sarah 🌈 (سارة)
genderberries
Can we use this to have an actual conversation about the disabled men who use their disability as a way of coercing women, typically disabled women! to doing them 'sexual
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Axel Çorlu
AxelCorlu
On #Chora and its conversion to a mosque, beyond the technical issues about preservation, a point I have been insistently making on the creation of the modern #Turkish identity and
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Kyle Knight
knightktm
[THREAD] The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has released its report on race and gender discrimination in sports -- importantly, it recommends that eligibility regulations like
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Project LETS (#FreeAshleyNow)
projectlets
CW: suicide, forced hospitalization Did you know that risk of suicide actually increases after an involuntary hospitalization? The only strategy upheld by the mental health system actually makes the problem
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Andras Zoltan
RealLordZoltan
Excellent, powerful & worrying article by @DigitalScarlett - former female pupil at @ColchesterRoyal. Scroll to the comments, to see particularly objectionable examples of the types of boys/men that exemplify the
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nat • ey/em/eir
ignatiusweeks
It's going to be even harder for disabled people to safely talk about medical abuse after this. If this concept isn't on your radar, it's probably because it's hard to
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